El estornudo. Fisiología, mitos, tradiciones, etnomedicina y plantas con propiedades estornutatorias

摘要: A sneeze is a violent reflex act of expulsion air from the lungs into nostrils and mouth. It caused by various agents or some substances which are produced plants (named as “secondary metabolites”), may be type: essential oils, phenolic acids, alkaloids, coumarins, phytosterols, flavones, flavonoids, glycosides, sesquiterpene lactones, mucilages, saponins, tannins terpenes (mono, di, tri, sesquiterpenes), etc. Noteworthy, among them being sneezing, they certain saponins naphthoquinones. This property has given to their common scientific name. As an example: “arnica” (Arnica spp). These